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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 1802518" data-attributes="member: 17691">I believe it means that the character uses a standard action to &quot;ready an action&quot; by stating that he'll use his readied weapon to attack a creature who charges at him. I suppose he could specify wether he'll attack the first creature to charge him or specify which specific charging creature he'll attack if he's expecting many such attackers.You ready a spear by planting the butt of the spear into the ground at your feet and holding the spear at such an angle that a creature who runs into the point will impale himself upon the business end. Since the spear is braced firmly against the earth, the momentum of a charging character will magnify the damage that a normal spear thrust would deal. The charging character may very well run himself through.&nbsp;Yup. A charge is a risky headlong rush into your enemy. The inherent recklessness of it gives the charging character an AC penalty and leaves them vulnerable to such attacks as readied spears.&nbsp;I'm afraid so. Readying a spear won't work if your opponent simply walks up to you and attacks or stops running before reaching your waiting spear tip. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 1802518, member: 17691"] I believe it means that the character uses a standard action to "ready an action" by stating that he'll use his readied weapon to attack a creature who charges at him. I suppose he could specify wether he'll attack the first creature to charge him or specify which specific charging creature he'll attack if he's expecting many such attackers. You ready a spear by planting the butt of the spear into the ground at your feet and holding the spear at such an angle that a creature who runs into the point will impale himself upon the business end. Since the spear is braced firmly against the earth, the momentum of a charging character will magnify the damage that a normal spear thrust would deal. The charging character may very well run himself through. Yup. A charge is a risky headlong rush into your enemy. The inherent recklessness of it gives the charging character an AC penalty and leaves them vulnerable to such attacks as readied spears. I'm afraid so. Readying a spear won't work if your opponent simply walks up to you and attacks or stops running before reaching your waiting spear tip. :( [/QUOTE]

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